#teshe

Ryscha Kine has kept the lightsaber crystals from both Tarnis and Angral's lightsabers. She keeps them as a way to humanize the people of the Empire who had previously been a fairly faceless enemy she was raised to fight against. They are a constant reminder that the Empire is also made up of people with families and people that they love and she can't ever forget that

Teshe is pretty much the opposite – he never sees Imperials as people. At first, they're just targets. He gets paid for taking them out, and he's nothing if not professional. And then he learns that the Empire kidnapped, imprisoned, and eventually killed his mother. The Empire ruined his childhood and indirectly set him on the path of never-ending fight for survival. Somebody's gotta pay. For all he cares, every single Imperial is an enemy who doesn't deserve to live.

He wouldn't try to change Ryscha's mind – other people's opinions aren't his business. But he would genuinely struggle to understand her.

I should start with the clarification that my Havoc Squad includes three of my OCs. Teshe is not the CO, he’s just one more member of the crew and it suits him fine. He sees himself as nothing more than a glorified mercenary. Patriotism and idealism aren’t in his vocabulary, he’s here to do his job. And if his superiors ever demand something he’s not willing to do (like sacrifice his life for the cause), he can find himself a different line of work ― no big deal.

Tanno Vik is the only one who can understand Teshe’s approach, but they’re not even friends. Teshe dislikes how Vik uses every opportunity to profiteer. Teshe might be a mercenary at heart, but he has some principles and professional pride. He won’t take bribes, won’t double-deal, won’t betray his employer’s trust unless he was betrayed first. And that’s why he and Vik don’t get along all that much, even though they come from similar backgrounds.

Teshe has a lot of respect for Elara. Like her, he took a great risk leaving his old life behind. And he can always count on her doing her best, that’s all he ever asks from everyone he works with. But their relationship becomes strained when Teshe finds out what Imperials did to his mother and how they basically ruined his life. Suddenly, even former Imperials can’t be trusted because each of them may secretly be an evil douchebag.

Aric thinks that Teshe shouldn’t be in the military. Teshe always gets the job done, but he shows no loyalty, no commitment to the cause. Wouldn’t it make more sense for him to be a hired gun? Meanwhile, Teshe doesn’t take Aric’s criticism personally, he just waves it all away and only ever argues with Aric about something practical. So it kinda goes like this

Aric: But don’t you care about defending the Republic? Teshe: Nah, man, just doing my job. I’m paid to defend the Republic, not paid to care about it

Don’t worry, you can pronounce them however you want, most of my OCs wouldn’t even be offended if you get their names wrong! And the majority is pronounced just like it’s written anyway. Here are some that may be confusing though:

Ishalea — ee-sha-le-ah

Xala — ksa-la

Seidala — say-dala

Ateitis — ah-tay-tis

Ra’enar — rah-e-nar

Yla — ee-la

Firie — fi-ri-eh

Xyrha — zeer-ha

Teshe — tesh-eh